CPP calls for protection and revival of state-owned enterprises to honour Nkrumah
The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called for the protection, revival and proper management of Ghana’s state-owned enterprises as the country marks the 117th birthday of its founder, Dr Kwame Nkrumah. The party says Nkrumah’s commitment to nationalism, self-reliance and state-led development should inform how Ghana manages its strategic public assets. In a statement signed by its National Communications Director, Osei Kofi Acquah, the CPP expressed concern about what it described as the deterioration of some state-owned enterprises and the sale of others to politically connected individuals. The party also opposed the government’s proposed private-sector participation in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), describing the arrangement as an attempt to privatise the utility.